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Toombs also added praise for course superintendent Scott Palmer. “Scott has got this place looking awesome,” Toombs said. “The greens have never been better.” In other competition Joe Blackgrove won the Gold Flight division with a two round total of 157 defeating Stan Gann by one stroke. Ladies Club Championship: Barbara Stuart held off a late charge from Jean Davis to secure a one-stroke vic tory in the Women’s Club Championship at Houston Lake Country Club. Stuart fired a “fantastic” opening round of 75 to take a commanding lead in the two-day, 36-hole event. Jean Davis won the Senior division of the Women’s Club Championship with a two day total of 162. Twenty time Club Champion Sissi Gann finished second with a total of 165. Charlene Jennings shot consecutive rounds of 97 to win the Third Flight. President's Cup winners. HLCC awards a parking place to the Low-Net cham pion from each of the Men’s and Women’s competition. 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Dist by Universal Press Syndicate www sjocomics com e-man Cleatsmail@aoi com pt : . xt~l I NASCAR This Week for the latest news, updates TME RARE "CRANE" \ / TECMNIQUE, LIMITEP J NA J MAINLY TO FANG. / / § of tme olp / If ry&P \ "KARATE KIP'/ I www gocomics e-mail Cleatsmail@aol com SPORTS WINS From page iB six-point run to highlight the second game and Leah Justin had one of four. “This was a good night all around for our serv ing,” said Jones. “We had several players have a good night serving, which is good for us as we enter the area tournament next week. “I was especially pleased with Jennifer who had the best night I have seen her have all season.” REGION From page iB following a scoreless sixth, Griffin notched the game winner. Mallory Brigman pitched a “great game,” Horton said, even though she was saddled with the loss. Also, OPENER From page iB paired with for that round didn’t have enough teams to give them somebody to play. Westfield coach Rodney Culverhouse certainly had his fill of off time between games in the 2006 season due to rainouts. Some of those games were not made up, so the Hornets have a record overall of 10-7 going into state play. Saturday will also mark the first time Westfield has faced Stratford since the Freedom Park tourna ment in Macon back in mid- August. The Hornets and Eagles played twice, splitting the meetings (9-3 Westfield, 4-3 Stratford). “Obviously they have improved and gotten it together,” said Culverhouse of Stratford, which has a 9-11 record under former TIME From page iB Brentwood 7-7 on the road. Ellis, a sophomore, was part of a two-man rotation at quarterback with fellow sophomore Casey Young, but he hasn’t played since Sept. 8 against Mt. de Sales. Jones said both will play tonight. Jones said all will be avail able for the Stratford game, which is the first of six games in a row in a region where only four teams will advance to the state play offs. The coach reiterated that they aren’t 100 percent back to where they were in August, but it would be a big boost of confidence for the team as a whole if they are able to produce. If there was a proverbial sliver fining to all the inju ry problems, Jones said it would be the varsity playing experience earned by sever al Hornet sophomores. Even with some of the regulars returning to the lineup, he hopes these other kids who filled in can use that experi ence and help in terms of adding depth. “The biggest thing we tried to do ... we don’t try to do a bunch of things. We just try to get some things that we do well and work on them,” said Jones about the other accomplishments during the bye week. “We didn’t spend the time to put in a lot of new stuff. We tried to get better at what we do. If wish we could have more contact than what we do. We’ve been banged up. We did some last week, but not Results of the CaSports.com Football Coaches Poll for the week beginning Monday Class A 1 Emanuel County Institute 2 Turner County 3 Hawklnsvllle 4 Lincoln County 5 Wilcox County 6 Dooly County 7 Bowdon 8 Clinch County 9 Athens Academy 10 Commerce Class AA 1 Charlton County 2 Biiford 3 Dublin 4 Calhoun 5 Fitzgerald Lady Nan vaHaykail ataUatlea: Aeaa Dip Kills ■locks tealata Samantha Moncada 2 5 4 Devon Preston 12 4 1 Dhwani Patel 2 Brittany Pierce 2 2 2 1 Leah Justin 3 1 Morgan Hollars 2 1 8 Catherine Goodman 2 3 4 2 1 Jennifer Doebereiner 2 2 VsnaeMa teas Bigs Kills Blocks Assists SamanthaMoncada 4 Devon Preston 2 5 1 Dhwani Patel 2 Brittany Pierce 2 2 1 5 Leah Justin 4 1 Morgan Hollars 2 2 13 Catherine Goodman 13 2 4 Jennifer Doebereiner 3 15 2 1 Cady Mcßight led the Lady Eagles on offense with a triple. In the game against Lovejoy, the Lady Eagles once again took a 1-0 lead after one. Lovejoy answered with three in the third but every other inning belong to Northside, which outhit the Lady Wildcats 8-2. Atlanta Braves infielder Jeff Treadway. “They were in a showdown for the region championship that went down to the last game. It’s going to be hard for us, but in a state tournament it should be hard.” The series is likely to swing on who can get to the other’s main starting pitcher. Stratford’s ace is junior Laura Faulk, who has 90 strikeouts and a 1.97 earned run average in 71 innings. Westfield coun ters with sophomore Kelsey Gilliam, who struck out 81 in 84 innings and sports a 1.17 ERA. “(Faulk) has good velocity and a couple of pitches to go with it,” said Culverhouse. “(Kelsey) had a great sea son in her first year as the No. 1 starter. I’ve always said that if she were some where else last year she would have been the No. 1. Last year she did pitch in a state game, so she has the experience of being out much this week.” Holding back on the con tact is indeed important for a program like Westfield that plays several starters both ways. Stratford, however, starts 11 people on offense and 11 different people on defense. The Eagles won the AAA state championship two years ago but did not reach the finals last year. So far in 2006 they are 3-2 with all three wins shutouts against teams - George Walton, Mt. de Sales and Sherwood Christian - they would be favored to beat. The loss es came against Tattnall Square 52-21 and last year’s state champions Riverside, 34-14. Jones said the George Walton score may be the most impressive win since George Walton beat Brentwood soundly. “Stratford has played a tough schedule just like we have,” he said. “They haven’t been hit with the injury bug like we have. They have a lot of people back from last year ... seven or eight starters back on each side of the ball. “Everybody thinks about FPD throwing the football, but Stratford has thrown the ball more times than FPD. They have good receivers and the quarterback’s got a good arm. They spread it all over the field and throw it to different receivers. They run a one-back set, a lot of inside and outside zone plays to the one back, but what they do best is throw ing the football.” The quarterback is Colby Collins. Right now he is 56- for-103 passing with 877 6 Lovett 7 Greater Atlanta Christian 8 Greene County 9 Mclntosh County Academy 10 Swainsboro Class AAA 1 LaGrange 2 Carrollton 3 Peach County 4 Chamblee 5 Thomson 6 Gainesville 7 Cartersville 8 Stephens County 9 Flowery Branch 10 Cairo Class AAAA 1 Northside, Warner Robins 2 Griffin 3 Statesboro HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Mary Evans was the win ning pitcher for the Lady Eagles while Alison Dickey, Taelor Bousman and Becky Studstill were three of the team’s stars on offense. Dickey finished with three hits, Bousman two and Studstill didn’t waste any time with formalities. She hit a home run. there.” The first Westfield- Stratford game is set to Start at 10 a.m. with Game 2 set for 1 p.m. Culverhouse said this is by far a better format than last year, when a No. 2 seed would play a No. 3 seed. The winner would have to immediately play a No. 1 seed while the loser was able to wait for its next game. Westfield is looking for its first state championship in softball since 2001, the first year of fast-pitch in the GISA. The Hornets made the final four the next two seasons, but haven’t gotten that far the past two years despite continuing to win region championships. For most of Culverhouse’s starters, this will be their first state experience in high school. “All they know is they’re supposed to win,” said Culverhouse. “Our attitude is we want to go all the way.” yards, nine touchdowns but also five interceptions. Ross Rubin is the leading receiv er with 21 catches, five for touchdowns. That one back is a familiar name, Michael Meyer, from the state title season. Stratford’sdefense,accord ing to Jones, has shown a strong knack for stopping the running game, particu larly against George Walton and Sherwood, which has the south sub-region’s lead ing rusher. He pointed out to his players that two Eagle linebackers seem to make all the tackles and they need to find ways to neutralize them. He said they didn’t do too well against Tattnall, but nobody has stopped the Trojans. “We have to do a better job of controlling the football and keeping it out of their hands,” said Jones. “They can score so quick. At the same time we can’t afford to have turnovers. The last game we played we had over 100 yards in penalties. “If we have that this week, we will not beat Stratford. We have to play a mentally sound game.” Westfield is the only team in the south sub-region that hasn’t played a league game yet. It’s a sub-region with some balance, so a loss on Friday would not put the Hornets out of the race. Still, Westfield doesn’t want to put itself in must-win sit uation later. “I think there are a cou ple of people on the (north sub-region) who have good football teams,” Jones said, “and I think there are six or seven in ours who are capable of winning.” 4 Dacula 5 Dalton 6 Creekside 7 Baldwin 8 Westside. Macon 9 Southwest DeKalb 10 Mays Class AAAAA 1 Tift County 2 Norcross 3 Colquitt County 4 North Gwinnett 5 Camden County 6 Central Gwinnett 7 Lowndes 8 Harrison 9 Roswell 10 South Cobb